Even more news coming in for KOEI Tecmo and Omega Force’s upcoming game Warriors Orochi 4, this time the third (of five) new character has been announced, and it’s Perseus! He joins the Goddess Athena and Lightning God Zeus. With his announcement comes some nice gameplay footage of him in action which you’ll be able to see attached below.

Perseus is the son of Zeus, and known as a monster slayer including beheading the Gorgon Medusa. In the gameplay trailer he is shown fighting alongside his half-sister Athena. Along with Perseus’ reveal, they showed off Guan Yinping’s Deification form, which you can see just below. She looks pretty good and the game is looking to be really fun.

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Also below the trailer for Perseus attached, you can check out the full livestream where KOEI Tecmo revealed all this information!

Warriors Orochi 4 will be releasing for PS4, XB1, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam this October (16th for US and 19th for EU).

What are your thoughts on Perseus as a character? Who do you want the two (Greek Mythology based) remaining characters yet to be revealed should be? Let us know in those comments!

KOEI Tecmo Japan have revealed that for those of you who purchase Warriors Orochi 4, you’ll be able to import old save data to grant you some early bonuses within the game. Much like how many of other KOEI Tecmo games work, if you have the previous entry of the series or a similar enough game to the series’ save data, it’ll grant you a small bonus in the game.

For Warriors Orochi 4 however, there will be two separate types of bonuses. One for owning a copy of Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate, and another for owning a copy of Dynasty Warriors 9.Note: This is confirmed for the Japanese versions of the game, thus no mention of the XBOX One version which is exclusive to the West, and will likely apply the same bonuses.

For those of you who own a previous iteration of Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate (you can find the table just below), you will be granted Stock EXP as a bonus. The amount you get is based on how many kills you have total on your save data (with a maximum of 100,000). The following save data is compatible:

Next is for those who have Dynasty Warriors 9 save data. By importing your save data from said game, you will unlock a bevy of Dynasty Warriors 9 costumes for your characters (those featured in our header image). Specifically costumes for Zhenji, Daqiao, Yueying, Wang Yuanji and Diaochan. The following save data is compatible:

We assume that the XBOX One version of the game will have the same bonuses for both Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate and Dynasty Warriors 9. However we have no word if the Dynasty Warriors 9 bonuses are straight cut from the Nintendo Switch version (or any bonus for Switch in the West) or if there will be Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate bonuses for the Steam version.

Warriors Orochi 4 releases to the Americas on October 16th and October 19th for Europe. It’ll be coming to PS4, XBOX One, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam.

But let us know what you think of this. Are you happy to see this Import Save Data bonuses continue to be a trend with Omega Force and KOEI Tecmo? Let us know in the comments!

It’s been a hot minute since we made a new article about KOEI Tecmo’s Warriors Orochi 4, arriving this October on Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC via Steam. Though we finally have some juicy information about the game that isn’t just revealing a new character (which there are five in total for the game).

Over the weekend, KOEI Tecmo showed off Warriors Orochi 4 at ACGHK 2018, with producer Masaki Furusawa sharing more information on what the game will offer, and delve deeper into what Sacred Treasures are. Also at the event they showed off some Athena gameplay, where she wields her Sword and Shield (Aegis) to devastating results. You can find the full video of all this attached at the bottom.

However onto the cool bits of information Furusawa graced us with. Warriors Orochi 4 will bring us a far more supernatural experience into the story along with how the Sacred Treasures and Greek Gods will offer. This entry will also feature 170 playable characters (five of which are completely new, and 29 that have never been in the Orochi sub-series before). Along with these two bits, something a bit more interesting now is Furusawa goes on to explain that there will be more online functionality other than just your usual expected online story co-op – including modes never before seen in a Warriors title. He then goes on to elaborate about a 3v3 online mode that’ll allow up to six players to enjoy the game at once.

To end it off, he reconfirms that online and offline splitscreen co-op will be making it’s return.

Some more information has also been shown about the Sacred Treasures, which enable Divine Arts (Skills) allowing your character to perform an assortment of moves, including drawing in enemies, shooting them from afar or an area of effect attack. Divine Arts can be charged up to increase it’s output. It also was confirmed that Mounts are implemented as a Divine Art, which you can use to summon a Horse to your side. You can also after racking up enough combos perform a Combination Divine Art, which essentially gives you a major buff in damage and speed, however if you aren’t able to keep up the combo the buff will wane.

At the end of it all, Furusawa states that game is nearing it’s release (October 16th/19th for us Westerners), and that the game is in it’s final stages of development. He really hopes you will enjoy the game and that the 5 year wait will of been worth it.

Below you can find the full broadcast of the event – for those interested around 19:40 time stamp is when the Athena gameplay starts.

What are your thoughts on Warriors Orochi 4? Are you excited to get it? Which platform is your choice? Let us know in those comments!

We have been treated to a lot of Gust’s famed Atelier Series JRPGs over the years, and now KOEI Tecmo have confirmed (well earlier in the month, sue us) that the first three HD games will be making their way to both the Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch this September – however only in Japan currently.

This means that New Atelier Rorona, Atelier Totori Plus and Atelier Meruru Plus will be complete on current gen systems (the ones Japan care about anyway), with being able to purchase the games separately or in a single trilogy bundle. The games will include all their “New” and “Plus” content respectively and all prior DLC released will be in as well at no extra cost.

But what does this mean for us Westerners? Going by how successful the Atelier Series is over here, it will likely see the light of day sometime in the new year, especially as we’ve received two Atelier games this year alone (the second arriving this Winter).

You can check out the Japanese trailer below for the trilogy set.

What are your thoughts on these titles coming to Nintendo Switch and PS4? Do you want to see the Dusk trilogy make their way also? Or even get the first two Mysterious titles on Switch? Let us know in those comments!

It was a pretty big year for KOEI Tecmo in 2017, with them pioneering a new form of Virtual Reality technology with their patented VR Sense. However we never really covered it (other than in passing mention that you’ll be able to smell girls sweating in Dead or Alive Xtreme 3.. we don’t get it either). But recently KOEI Tecmo has been bringing out some big guns, with mid way through 2017 bringing the VR use into Dynasty Warriors 8 under the monika Ultra Dynasty Warriors, they have now gotten a fair few exclusives designed specifically for the VR Sense experience.

But what is VR Sense many of you might be wondering? It isn’t something many of us Westerners would be aware of, or even have had the chance to experience. In short it originally was a cabinet where you would stick on a VR set along with a few other peripherals, and it would enable you to feel and smell alongside the usual offerings of VR. It is primarily compatible with the Playstation VR set up and Playstation Move controllers along with it’s own peripherals to enable the “Sense” of smell and feeling.

Now onto the good stuff, the games! Currently KOEI Tecmo boasts six games for the device, being the aforementioned Ultra Dynasty Warriors and Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Sense. Alongside those are Daruma Fell Horror Sense, G1 Jockey Sense, Super Sengoku Coaster and 3 Majesty × XIP DREAM ☆ LIVE. All allowing you to experience many different wonders as if you were actually in the games themselves.

Below you can see four different showcases of four of the games VR Sense offers. Daruma Fell Horror Sense, Dead or Alive Xtreme Sense, G1 Jockey Sense and Super Sengoku Coaster in their respective order.

What are your thoughts on VR Sense? Would you like to see it make it’s way over into the West? Are you interested to see more content based on the device from us? Let us know in those comments!